Veleet planned her hunt with precision.
Like her half-brother, she loved to lurk in the shadows until
the time was right to strike. From this distance, she could learn
subtle necessitites such as culture, custom, tactics, and options.
She quickly learned that Gohan's 'home' seemed to be in the vicinity
of Mount Paozu. From there, she noticed that he commuted to a
city some distance away. Mental note of the city's name was Satan
City. He'd remain there most of the day in a place called Orange
Star High before leaving as the sun began its approach towards
the horizon. He also seemed to have a female following him frequently.
This 'other' female seemed attached to him as well. Too well for
Veleet's comfort. She had to go.

Meanwhile, Vegeta was unnerved
by Veleet's presence on HIS planet. His patience and tolerance
of another 'royal' was becoming a threat to him. Earth was his
territory now and the longer Veleet remained on its soil, the
more Vegeta felt the competitive urge. Only Kakarrot had bestowed
that feeling in the prince before, but with a female saiyan, the
rules were slightly different. At mating time, the power of a
female saiyans' body sent male saiyans grovelling at their feet,
totally submissive to their desires. Related or not, Vegeta would
feel the effects. And this, was not acceptable to the rightful
heir to the saiyan throne. He also did not want Gohan involved
in the fray. From his own survelliance at a distance, he could
tell Veleet's target was obviously Gohan. He didn't need Piccolo
to tell him about it and had shoved the Namek away with disgust
at their underestimation of his own 'great' intelligence.

Thereafter, Piccolo opted to remain
within reach of Gohan though never in a way to give himself away.
Gohan, like his father was among the best at ki detection. It
was difficult to approach the half-saiyan without him knowing.
In fact, this was what was baffling Piccolo. With Veleet so close
and obviously tracking him, why hadn't Gohan's senses picked up
on her? Was it the strange power Gohan had said he was affected
by back at the waterfalls? Or did Gohan really know she was there
and was playing her game? Piccolo wanted to confront his ex-student,
but Gohan wasn't a child anymore. He could fully handle any situation
on his own now...or could he? Piccolo opted to lurk despite wanting
to respect Gohan's right to privacy.

Elsewhere...

Gohan followed Videl, Eliza, and
Sharpener out of school. They were interrupted however, by the
urgent beeping on Videl's watch communicator. The police had a
confirmed bomb threat in the Satan City Stock Exchange building.
It was time for the Great Saiyateam to fly into action! Within
seconds, both had donned their heroic costumes and blasted into
the air leaving their friends staring dumbly after them.

"Videl, we need to find the
location of that bomb first. But the bombers are likely in the
area as well. They'd want to monitor the situation within the
building to see if their demands are being met."

"Then I'll flank the perimeter
and let the cops know we're on the scene."

"Good. I gotta get to Capsule
Corp's Satan City distrib center. I'm sure they'll have the device
we're going to need."

"But the cops already have
bomb detection dev---"

"No, I need a Dragon Radar...just
in case. Bulma strategically sticks one in various company buildings
for her own personal reasons."

"And how do you know this?
If she keeps them a secret--"

"Trunks."

"That little snoop. Boy,
wouldn't his mother be upset to know that a company leak is her
own son."

"I'm sure she'll give him
ample payback if he survives long enough to take-over running
the business."

"Perhaps. Well, something
to look forward to seeing then. See ya in a few."

"Right Videl...and BE CAREFUL!"

"Aren't I always?"

"I'm not answering that."

Videl stuck her tongue out at
him as they split into different directions.

Veleet had noticed the whole incident
from her hidden perch at Orange Star High. *What a strange fellow.
That outfit, it has saiyan parts to it, but it clearly not saiyan
battle armor. Still, I must follow. He and that female were headed
somewhere in a hurry. * Veleet thought while waiting until the
two teens were far enough away before launching into the air for
a short burst of flight. She'd cover the rest on foot in case
she was being tracked by others who were no doubt lurking as well.
Vegeta had made the mistake of blasting a bird who had plopped
some poop onto him from above. This of course, immediately gave
the blast-happy prince's position away eventhough it was quite
a distance from the school.

Vegeta cursed himself for his
own stupidity, but realized, Veleet had likely factored in his
following of her. Veleet wasn't stupid afterall. He picked up
on her ki as she launched into the air, but lost it when she landed
and powered down to nothing.

Piccolo too had sensed the saiyan
female on the move, but as he figured, she was following Gohan.
Like the many days before, she wasn't likely going to be a threat
yet. She was merely observing the son of Goku.

En route to CC Distrib center,
Gohan, err, Great Saiyaman detected the faint ki of the stranger
and then Vegeta's.

*She's following me? Heheh, and
Vegeta's following her. The hunter is the hunted, but wait, I'm
the prey? C'mon lady, leave me alone. I've done nothing to you.
* Gohan thought before dashing into the building and asking for
President Bulma in the vid-comm.

"Bulma here, oh, hello Goh,
err, Great Saiyaman. What can I do for you?"

Gohan spoke in a whisper. "I
need a Dragon Radar. Is there one here?"

Bulma thought for a moment before
suddenly realizing..."Hey, how'd you know that I keep more
than one and away from the house?"

"Bulma, I'm not an idiot.
Let's just leave it at that. Do you have one here? It's a matter
of urgency."

"IS THE WORLD IN DANGER AGAIN!?"

"NO, no, but a bunch of innocent
people may be." Gohan looked about before continuing. "There's
a bomb in the Satan City Stock Exchange."

"WHAAAAAAAT!!!"

"Bulma, sssssshhhhh, I don't
want a panic here."

Bulma composed herself and lit
a cigarette. "Shit Gohan, take care of it will ya. There's
important people in there and some of them are directly related
to this company. The d-r is in the employee locker room, #69"

"Bulma, I understand stocks.
And stop smoking those things. Poor Trunks is going to end up
taking care of a hacking mother on oxygen before he can even get
into college. Oh, and thanks for the 'd-r'. I'll return it when
I'm done. Oh, and...you naughty lady." Gohan said as he quickly
switched off the comm leaving Bulma somewhat stunned on the other
end. And with a flash, the Great Saiyaman left the distribution
center, leaving stunned employees in his wake.

En route in his return to the
SCSE, Gohan sifted through kis once again. He sensed Videl's.
She was fine and apparently obeying his command. He then sensed
for the others. Vegeta hadn't moved as his ki was still faint.
But Veleet's had gotten much closer. Too close for that matter.
Scanning the area above and below him, Gohan sought visual contact,
but to no avail. This saiyan was skilled a stealth and cunning,
traits so true to her bloodline. Ignoring the need to track her,
he shook his head clear and focused on the task at hand.

Landing, he found Videl beside
a police bomb squad.

"Any new developments?"
he asked his partner casually.

"No. We tried scanning the
building, but it's too large. The bomber hasn't called with any
new demands either. Did you get what you need?"

"Mmm-hmm. " Gohan replied
as he patted his side where he had stuffed the dragon radar. As
much as he tried to concentrate, his instinct was beginning to
drive him in another direction. He kept looking up and around.
This of course, annoyed Videl.

"Anything wrong? Hello? Earth
to Great Saiyaman?!"

"Wha? Uh, no, uh, hmm, we
need to find that bomb. Does it have a timer? Did the bomber in
the first threat, give any ultimatums or time limits?"

"Not really. The only time
limit is before the sun sets."

Gohan gazed westward. They had
apporoximately two hours before such. While viewing the westerly
horizon, he could've sworn he saw a figure in a distance dash
across the sunlight then disappear into the lurking shadows once
again.

"Sir?"

Videl elbowed Gohan in the side
as Gohan drifted from the cop's inquiry as well. It snapped him
back to the task at hand.

"Frequency."

"What?" Videl asked
as Gohan simply blurted out a word with no meaning attached.

"We need a device that'll
scan frequencies through solid material. The bomber is likely
to set it off from a distance by remote. It'll have to have a
frequency so he can communicate with it."

"Oh." Videl muttered
before ordering a member of the bomb squad to his truck to get
such a device. Videl thanked the officer and brought it back to
Gohan.

"This what you're looking
for?"

Gohan looked at it. "Right
idea, but it's too small. We want to be able to scan the entire
building at the same time. Damn, I should've asked Bulma when
I had the chance. Wait! I know." Gohan exclaimed as he suddenly
glimpsed a ZTV news helicopter overhead. He quickly took to the
air towards it.

"HEY! Wait for me! What are
you doing?!" Videl yelled as she launched and tried to catch
up.

Meanwhile, Veleet was growing
impatient watching from a distance. Her body yearned for action
and her instincts beckoned her forward. With a twitch of her tail,
she slinked ever nearer, knowing full well, that the saiyan hybrid
would detect her exact presence very soon.

Back at the ZTV helicopter...

"Hey, could I borrow this
for a minute please?" Gohan asked the pilot as he grabbed
hold of the helicopter in its mid-flight and pulled it downward.
He passed Videl as she was ascending.

"Go--hey, where are YOU going
now? Will you wait for me!" she yelled as she changed direction
and chased him downward.

Gohan landed and urged the pilot
and crew out. He then grabbed the frequency device, rewired the
helicopter's antennae and receiver dish, and watched the frequency
device's readouts. It would work. Getting into the helicopter,
Gohan raised the machine slowly into the air backing it some distance
from the building he was scanning.

All Videl could do was stare and
wait.

Soon Gohan picked up an unusual
blip on the readout. It wasn't a normal operating frequency in
the building. With his wrist communicator he contacted his now
peeved partner.

"GS2, there's two, not one.
First is parking deck 12, south and the second is a supply closet
on the uppermost floor, north side."

"Uh, yeah, roger that GS1.
You go high, I'll go low."

"Don't go near the bombs.
Stay put."

"Then what do you--"

"I've found the source. I'll
be right back." Gohan interrupted as he landed the helicopter
on the roof and took off under his own power.

With a flash of unrecognizable
speed, he burst through a small building's window into its attic
area and pulled out one completely stunned, shocked, bomber dude.
Gohan immediately hovered and hung the guy over the street far
below by only holding onto the guy's jacket collar.

"The remote please?"
Great Saiyaman demanded.

The bomber immediately gave up,
still too stunned to do anything except what he was told.

Gohan looked the device over.
"The code to disarm the bombs please?"

"F-four, seven-o" the
bomber stammered.

Gohan punched the code into the
remote. The light on the device went from green to red. He then
bent his arm to talk to GS2 once again.

"Videl, quickly take a look
at that lower level bomb. Let me know what it says."

"Roger, hang on."

Videl charged into the parking
deck area of the building. She saw a small car unusually parked
behind one of the building's generators. Peering inside, she saw
the first of the two bombs laying on the passenger seat.

"It's reading 'disarmed'
GS1."

"Okay. Good. Now have the
bomb squads move in and do their jobs. I'm heading back with a
gift for the police."

Within moments, GS1 landed and
turned the bomber over to the authorities. The bomb squads were
doing their job of disposing of the two bombs.

"Well, our work is finished
here Videl."

She nodded as the two heros waved
good-bye and launched into the air.

"Want to get something to
eat? I'm starved!"

"Is that a date, Gohan?"

"What? I just want to eat."

"Why do I bother." Videl
muttered. "Sure, let's go get some food. Lead the way."
she replied back to her partner.

The two transformed out of costume
and back into their regular clothes. Suddenly Gohan halted mid-air
causing Videl to overshoot him. She halted as quickly as she could
and returned to his location.

"Gohan, what's wrong? Gohan?"

Gohan didn't reply. His face was
furrowed in concentration and his eyes locked on a position on
the ground below.

And on the ground below, Veleet
gazed upward and met his stare from the shadows she was lurking
in. "Come to me, half-breed. I have a proposition for you."
she whispered softly.

Gohan's sensitive saiyan hearing
heard her. His mind knew it was a trap, but his body sensed it
an invitation. Gohan descended. Videl followed, confused.

Some distance away, Vegeta punched
a nearby mountain as he felt the two kis draw closer to each other.
"Stupid brat! I will NOT let our bloodlines blend!"
Vegeta gruffed as he took flight.

And in another distance, Piccolo
snapped out of his usual meditation upon sensing Vegeta's ki increase.
Piccolo too, began his flight towards his once student.

Back at ground zero...

Veleet stepped casually from the
shadows, her tail flicking abruptly from side to side in anxious
anticipation.

Videl knew instantly that she
was a saiyan and stepped back behind Gohan. Though at the same
time, she felt this saiyan to not be a worldwide threat, but rather,
her intuition was telling her that she was a personal threat.

"Well, we meet again, son
of Kakarrot." Veleet purred as she drew near him.

Gohan said nothing and stood his
ground, unflinching even as Veleet's tail coursed the outlines
of his face.

"Oh no, I can't do that.
You see, if I'm to get your full cooperation, I'm going to need
a bargaining chip. You display fondness for this female. She will
do as compensation."

"Compensation? I don't understand."

"Oh, you will...soon enough.
But first, my proposition---" Veleet trailed as she bore
her gaze into Videl's with amusement.

"Son of Kakarrot, I wish
to give you the honor of raising your bloodline's level. It is
rare a royal would ask this of a low class saiyan such as yourself,
but circumstances are beyond my control and picking's are slim.
Mate with me, son of Kakarrot." Veleet purred while using
her tail to pry Videl from Gohan's arm and push her away from
him.

"Hey you, you hussy! Gohan's
MINE! Leave your putrid fur off him!" Videl yelled before
being tripped up by a flick of the saiyan female's tail.

Veleet turned her head for a sideward
glance at the pissed human female. An amused smirk slowly developed
from her lips. "Stay out of this weak human. It would be
most unwise for you to challenge me." Veleet hissed.

Knowing full well that she was
outpowered, Videl still felt she wasn't outmatched however. She
turned to the only other who had choice in the matter.